I just saw people on the other side, and those people in the Al Jazeera offices must have...
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Joshua Rushing:
The night they showed the POWs and dead soldiers... it was powerful, because Americans won't show those kinds of images. It made me sick to my stomach. [the previous night Al Jazeera had shown the same images, "equally if not more horrifying", but they hadn't affecting Rushing as much. Now he compares his reaction to the two...] Joshua Rushing:
I just saw people on the other side, and those people in the Al Jazeera offices must have felt the way I was feeling that night, and it upset me on a profound level that I wasn't bothered as much the night before. It makes me hate war
The night they showed the POWs and dead soldiers... it was powerful, because Americans won't show those kinds of images. It made me sick to my stomach. [the previous night Al Jazeera had shown the same images, "equally if not more horrifying", but they hadn't affecting Rushing as much. Now he compares his reaction to the two...] Joshua Rushing:
I just saw people on the other side, and those people in the Al Jazeera offices must have felt the way I was feeling that night, and it upset me on a profound level that I wasn't bothered as much the night before. It makes me hate war
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The night they showed the POWs and the dead soldiers
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Al Jazeera showed 'em
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it was powerful 'cause America doesn't show those images
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Most of the news in America won't show really gory images
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and this showed American soldiers in uniform
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strewn about a floor a cold tile floor
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and it was uh revolting
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It was absolutely revolting It made me sick at my stomach
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And then what hit me was the night before
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there had been some kind of bombing in Basra
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and Al Jazeera had shown
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uh images of the people
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Movie Summary
A documentary on perception of the United States's war with Iraq, with an emphasis on Al Jazeera's coverage.
